Aarti Singla, MD
Pain Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1063555639
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 56.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,184 and has fallen 87.2% since, to $789 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 307 payments — averaging $71.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$12K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$874
- Legacy Ortho LLC$406
- Arthrex$278
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,61316%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,97513%
- Travel & lodging$4,83722%
- Food & beverage$10,65348%
- Education$110%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 117 | $12,395 |
| Boston Scientific | 79 | $3,671 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 60 | $3,448 |
| Abbott | 14 | $874 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 3 | $406 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $278 |
| Globus Medical | 11 | $251 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 3 | $250 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $152 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Omnia$8,375
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,823
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$1,327
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,024
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$771
- PROCLAIM$354
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$349
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$253
- Superion ISS$229
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$147
- mild Device Kit$146
- INFINION$123
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$116
- Vyrsa V1$102
How this compares
$22,088 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 193 | $941 |
| Gabapentin | 91 | $454 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $379 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $375 |
| Methocarbamol | 87 | $338 |
| Meloxicam | 124 | $189 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $112 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $79 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $29 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Cincinnati
- Daniel JohnsCincinnati$22K
- Gururau SudarshanCincinnati$20K
- Zeeshan TayebCincinnati$17K
- Atul ChandokeCincinnati$11K
- Charles BellamyCincinnati$10K
- Laura DevitaCincinnati$9K
- Siu Fung ChanCincinnati$9K
- Shuchita GargCincinnati$7K
- Alexander EscobarToledo$638K
- Nagy MekhailCleveland$511K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.